As soon as the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (PDF) failed in the Senate, speculation started that the President will use an Executive Order to put the legislation to use anyway. Putting aside the massive issues raised by using an Executive Order to override the will of the Senate, it’s not…
At Safe Shepherd a large part of my role as community manager is helping our users remove their private information from the people search and databroker websites that sell it. I don’t own the tights or cape, but on my good days I feel like Batman, saving innocent people from the villainous companies…
The word stalker has lost its meaning. I hear my friends call people they don’t find attractive or interesting who post on their Facebook Walls “stalkers” all the time. We use the term so loosely most people, including myself, are guilty of this kind of “stalking.” Social media has created a culture…
The simple answer is yes, in the sense that CISPA has the potential to have a broader impact on Americans than SOPA ever did. SOPA targeted overseas websites that were accused of copyright infringement and would have given the Attorney General the power to serve the websites in question a…
During this morning’s daily Twitter scan I came across an interesting infographic about the NSA. We all know that since the Patriot Act was passed the NSA has been illegally intercepting American’s phone calls and emails without warrants or suspicion of wrongdoing. Also, the NSA is now so large and secretive,…